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Nectomys (water rat)
Taxonomy
Nectomys was named by Peters (1861). It is extant. Its type is Mus squamipes.
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1861 | Nectomys Peters p. 151 |
1991 | Nectomys Marshall and Sempere |
2006 | Nectomys Salles et al. p. 9 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Nectomys Peters 1861 [water rat]
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Nectomys squamipes Brants 1827 [Neotropical water rat]
Nectomys squamipes pollens Hollister 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ensenadan to the top of the Holocene or 1.75000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bolivia (Tarija ) | Nectomys squamipes (70673) | |
Ensenadan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Nectomys sp. (199170) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Nectomys sp. (211821) | |
Holocene | Peru | Nectomys squamipes (21689) |